Not exact matches
According to Sam Cooper, senior director for Call of Duty in Activision's marketing department, in today's video
game business, any successful «
AAA»
franchise is as focused on post-launch engagement with fans as with the actual launch of the
game.
That developer Slightly Mad Studios wants their crowdfunded
game to complete with
AAA franchises is admirable, but with very few unique angles of its own, the remarkable circumstances behind Project CARS's inception are the most interesting thing about it.
While it's sad that the bigger
AAA Survival Horror
games seem to be disappearing as publishers try to minimize risk or move away from single - player offline titles, and beloved scary
franchises like Silent Hill or Dead Space aren't getting new entries, at least we have Capcom and Bethesda releasing big epic Survival Horrors and all the cool indie titles like Outlast and Observer picking up the slack.
«Io - Interactive is developing a new,
AAA Hitman
game that will be coming to PC and next - gen consoles and Square Enix Montreal is fully focused on mobile development of
games some of which are related to the Hitman
franchise.
once again microsoft comes across as not willing to invest in
aaa games from new studios and new
franchises.
When you have a
franchise as big as Halo that has spawned comic books, novels, clothing, toys, TV shows and mini movies, sountracks, huge cosplay following, mobile
games,
AAA games, Esports etc...
Electronic Arts announced today an agreement to acquire Respawn Entertainment, a leading independent
game development studio and creators of
AAA shooter and action
games including the critically - acclaimed Titanfall
franchise.
Ben Throop After spending 15 years in
AAA at Sony working on the Syphon Filter
franchise, and then at Activision as a
Game Director, Ben struck out on his own to in 2014.
Digression is a common literary technique favored by authors like David Foster Wallace and Thomas Pynchon, but outside of the last two entries in the Saints Row
franchise (a series Chung name - dropped as keeping a surrealist streak alive in
games), it's not something we see much of in either the
AAA or indie - gaming space.
Tiny Brains is a new indie
game developed as the first title from Spearhead Games which is made up of industry veterans from major
AAA projects such as the Assassin's Creed
franchise and Dead Space.
505
Games, a Digital Bros subsidiary, secures exclusive 20 year rights to the next
game from Remedy Entertainment, renowned developer of
AAA video
games franchises, with an investment of $ 7.75 million.
Founded in Espoo, Finland in 1995, Remedy is an internationally renowned developer of some of the biggest
AAA video
game franchises of the last 20 years, such as Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break.
Ubisoft offers a unique environment where creativity, teamwork and cutting - edge technology bring to life critically acclaimed video
games and iconic
AAA franchises.
[6] Many commentators felt that EA made the change as they did not have confidence that a studio with an
AAA - scale budget could produce a viable single - player
game based on the popular Star Wars
franchise.
With feature films coming out about major
game franchises, a number of
AAA titles already announced.
For an indie developer it's definitely a solid effort but in a world filled with
AAA games like the Portal
franchise,
games like this need some type of gameplay innovation or personality that makes them stand out.
While it's sad that the bigger
AAA Survival Horror
games seem to be disappearing as publishers try to minimize risk or move away from single - player offline titles, and beloved scary
franchises like Silent Hill or Dead Space aren't getting new entries, at least we have Capcom and Bethesda releasing big epic Survival Horrors and all the cool indie titles like Outlast and Observer picking up the slack.
I was fulfilling my dream of becoming a well - respected
game developer, working on a prestigious
AAA franchise.
«It's fine to be in the business of creating
franchises for publishers,» said Wedgewood, in a session that offered a «counter-intuitive guide» for studios that wish to succeed in the transition to
AAA game development from existence as a smaller operation.
Instead of simply being content with Sniper Elite as a well - made budget title, Rebellion opted to up their
game considerably with Sniper Elite 3, and the latest installment in the
franchise firmly pushes the series into
AAA territory.
Leyou owns or invests in multiple reputable world - class
game studios with strong development and publishing capabilities, such as Digital Extremes and Splash Damage, who used to be developer / co-developer of
AAA PC / Console
franchises such as Gears of War, Wolfenstein, Doom, Unreal Tournament, Bioshock, etc..
The two studios will participate in the development of new
AAA games for some of Ubisoft's biggest
franchises, and expect to add at least 160 new talent to Ubisoft's creative workforce in their two first years of operation.
We're pretty sure that Gearbox is working on the next Borderlands
game, from its past job listings that were hiring for an «unannounced
AAA FPS / RPG hybrid» that used «comedy writing with respect for a serious underlying plot» and is from «one of 2K's biggest
franchises,» and it's possible that the representative just wants to keep the
game under wraps for a little longer.
However, if you're a casual fighting
game or indeed Tekken
franchise fan, the limited life span of this title probably doesn't warrant its current Xbox Store asking price of # 49.99 because as a fighting
game (which is what it is at the end of the day) it's excellent, but as a
AAA title with a long life span?
Atari once tried to reboot one of its older
franchises, Asteroids, as a
AAA - ish
game of sorts, which deviated too far from the
game's roots.
At the time we were seeing big
game companies struggle due to the large budgets of «
AAA»
games requiring massive sales volumes, and that dictating choices made in terms of
franchises to pursue...
The lineup spans multiple genres and includes adaptations of blockbuster film
franchises, an original squad - based shooter from the creative mind of some of SEGA's most popular
franchises, the first «M - rated»
game on Kinect,
AAA digital titles, an all - new title from critically acclaimed developer PlatinumGames, and many more!
Nevertheless, the studio's future as a
AAA game developer is in now in question, and fans of their
franchises are left wondering what exactly is going on behind closed doors.
Sumo Digital will continue to operate as before, creating world - class
games across all spectrums from
AAA franchise titles like the upcoming Crackdown 3 for the Xbox One and PC to our highly - acclaimed, self published, original IP, Snake Pass.
Working closely with the Star Trek filmmaking team throughout development, the
game is sure to deliver
AAA production values, a wide variety of gameplay and all the action you would expect from the hit
franchise.
Regardless of Microsoft's limited blockbuster
AAA exclusives these two
franchises are incredible and have not died because people who don't play the
games want them to.
If you ever wondered what a fighting
game would look like if it had the budget of a major
AAA franchise and licensing from one of the biggest comic book companies in the world then Injustice 2 is that
game.
Sid Meier's Civilization series is an
AAA franchise that is often accessible for disabled
gamers as a turn based strategy
game that recognizes disability related needs such as large icons that don't depend on color and not requiring audio cues for gameplay communication.
Join moderator Greg Miller and key developers behind Hitman GO and Lara Croft GO as they take a deep dive in the process of crafting innovative mobile
games from big
AAA franchises.
Following that, Ubisoft plans to release four
AAA games; three of them will come from existing
franchises while one will be a new IP.
This holiday season has seen a boom in
AAA virtual reality (VR) videogame releases, with Bethesda
Game Studios brining a trio of big name
franchises to the medium for the first time.
Sean Schemmel — Goku — Sean Schemmel may be known mostly for his role in the Dragon Ball
franchise but he has also played some popular side characters in
AAA games.